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FileSystem.FileExists(String) Method
Definition
- Namespace:
- Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO
- Assembly:
- Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll
- Assembly:
- Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
- Source:
- FileSystem.vb
- Source:
- FileSystem.vb
- Source:
- FileSystem.vb
- Source:
- FileSystem.vb
- Source:
- FileSystem.vb
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Returns True if the specified file exists.
public:
static bool FileExists(System::String ^ file);public static bool FileExists(string file);static member FileExists : string -> boolPublic Shared Function FileExists (file As String) As BooleanParameters
- file
- String
Name and path of the file.
Returns
Returns True if the file exists; otherwise this method returns False. This method also returns False if the parameter represents the path of a directory rather than a file.
Exceptions
The name of the file ends with a backslash (\).
Examples
This example checks to see whether or not the file Check.txt exists and supplies the information in a message box.
If My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists("c:\Check.txt") Then
MsgBox("File found.")
Else
MsgBox("File not found.")
End If
Remarks
If the application does not have sufficient permissions to read the specified file, the FileExists method returns False, regardless of the existence of the path; the method does not throw an exception.
Applies to
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